April 18th: The Manhattan Projects #2

The Manhattan Projects #2

Written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Nick Pitarra. The first issue had Oppenheimer with a Gatling-Gun destroying Japanese Kamikaze Robots intent on destroying the Manhattan Project's underground secret hideout. Albert Einstein is locked away in a safe room, as he contemplates a secret totem, surrounded by alien weapons. The second issue has Werner Von Braun, the infamous rocket scientist of the Deutschland with a robotic arm fighting the Manhattan Project's scientists in an unknown battle during WW2. Do I really have to say anything else about this series?

April 18th: Batman #8

Batman #8

Written by Scott Snyder (American Vampire) and drawn by Greg Capullo (Spawn). These two crazy guys continue their run on Batman, the only DC new 52 I care anything at all about. This comic is straight up awesome. The writing is suspenseful and full of mythology-enriching plot points, and the artwork is conceptual and revolutionary, taking the best of the best styles from the 90's and making them work. It's all about the court of owls, who are a zombie-assassins hired created by a cult of rich owl-dudes who have ruled over Gotham's elite businessmen for a hundred years. And guess what? They've decided that Batman's gotta go, and even more so, the Waynes. Get this comic. Don't argue it anymore.

April 18th: Avengers Vs X-Men #2

AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #2
Ok, so I know what you're all thinking: Marvel and DC sucks, it never changes, the phoenix again? Well, sue me, because I'm into the Avengers vs X-Men series. You can write it on a sign, put it around my neck and walk me through the APE-Expo like Bruce Willis in Die Hard to be beaten and stoned by hordes of angry hippsters. The phoenix is overdone, and so is fights between super-teams, but this series has three main reasons to read it- 1) The artwork. This series has the best artists working in the buisness drawing up the art. John Romita Jr had issue 1, and issue two is done up by Frank Cho. 2) Cyclops. When I was growing up, Cyclops was the bad-ass of the X-Men, often having to fight them one-on-six and often times saving the day and getting the woman. Then came Jim Lee and Chris Claremont, and Cyclops became the biggest dick-head that marvel universe has ever seen. A brown-nosing suck-up who's woman was being sexually harassed by every guy on the team, Scott Summers became as lame as the yellow underwear he wore, and as boring as one of his lectures. That same character followed over to the cartoon, and then came the movies, where they added "crybaby" and "useless" to the list of Cyclop's personality traits. Over the last couple of years Scott Summers has become a hardcore militant leader for the remaining mutants, and this series has him protecting the return of the phoenix against the world. Even Magneto follows his lead, along with Namor, and many others. He's a bad-ass again, and you should check it out before they kill him off. 3) Marvel AR. Google it.